Summary
Dragon’s Dogma 2players need to be super careful when loading their saves, as the “Load from Last Inn Rest” option will delete their manual save file. This behavior has been described as unexpected by some fans, who claimed to have lost hours of progress after picking the wrong resume option from theDragon’s Dogma 2main menu.
Much like its 2012 predecessor, Capcom’s new fantasy RPG offers only one manual save slot. While the same has long been true for many Japanese RPGs, ranging fromElden Ringto the mainlinePokemongames,Dragon’s Dogma 2save systemis particularly peculiar on account of constantly overwriting one’s manual saves with autosaves. Ditto for its inclusion of inn saves, which have a separate slot that gets overwritten every time the player rests at a tavern. Booting the game after one’s first session will see it present the player with two resume options, Load from Last Save and Load from Last Inn Rest, which correspond to those slots.
Loading Dragon’s Dogma 2 Inn Rest Save Overwrites Last Manual Save Slot
But whatDragon’s Dogma 2doesn’t clearly communicate is that resuming from the last inn rest will automatically delete the player’s sole manual save. More specifically, it will overwrite it, because the game will immediately perform an autosave as soon as it loads. A number ofDragon’s Dogma 2playershave already taken to social media to claim that they have lost up to ten hours of progress because of this behavior, which some of them have described as completely unintuitive.
Some fans chiming in on this idiosyncrasy have opined that they don’t have an issue with the save system itself, merely the game’s lack of attempts to properly explain all of its intricacies. The chances of Capcom changing the way saving works appear slim, as a similar system has also been present in the first series entry, and is very much a deliberate design choice. Given that state of affairs,Dragon’s Dogma 2players are advised to rest at innsas often as possible. Doing so is also the only way to sync one’s singular save file with Capcom’s servers.
Despite an immense critical reception, theDragon’s Dogmasequel has so far elicited a mixed audience response. Severe performance issues and an abundance of microtransactions have been among the most common complaints cited by the players who voiced their displeasure with the RPG. As far as the former is concerned,Capcom said it’s currently working on better optimizingDragon’s Dogma 2and fixing any bugs that players have reported since its March 22 release.
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Set forth on your grand adventure, Arisen!Dragon’s Dogma is a single player, narrative driven action-RPG series that challenges the players to choose their own experience – from the appearance of their Arisen, their vocation, their party, how to approach different situations and more. Now, in this long-awaited sequel, the deep, explorable fantasy world of Dragon’s Dogma 2 awaits.On your journey, you’ll be joined by Pawns, mysterious otherworldly beings, in an adventure so unique you will feel as if accompanied by other players while on your own adventure.All of these elements are elevated further through physics technology, artificial intelligence (AI) and the latest in graphics, to create a truly immersive fantasy world in Dragon’s Dogma 2.
